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Re: PATCH: Fix the MIPS ISA ELF setting (Re: RedHat 7.1/mips update)
On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 05:01:01PM +0100, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
>
> > > Giving it different
> > > semantics instead of deprecating it will make things worse.
> > >
> >
> > That is a news to me:
> >
> > # as -help
> > ...
> > -mips1 generate MIPS ISA I instructions
> > -mips2 generate MIPS ISA II instructions
> > -mips3 generate MIPS ISA III instructions
> > -mips4 generate MIPS ISA IV instructions
> > -mips5 generate MIPS ISA V instructions
> > -mips32 generate MIPS32 ISA instructions
> > -mips64 generate MIPS64 ISA instructions
> > ...
>
> Well, that's sort-of true. -mipsX allows the ISA's instructions
> plus some processor specific ones (like e.g. eret).
What is wrong to select a different default processor at the run-time?
What is wrong to select a different default processor which supports
a super set of the ISA?
H.J.